Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET. urmoumn Hum JULY 13, 1912.

1,047,083. Patented Dc. 10,1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH COJWASHXNGTON. D. c.

D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION FILED JULY13,1912.-

1,047,083, Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application filed July 13, 1912. Serial N 0. 709,132.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inApparel-Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to apparel corsets having yieldingcharacteristics at the lower back parts and lacing edges, and the sameis an improvement upon the devices shown and described in Letters Patentgranted to me June 18, 1912, and numbered 1,030,190. In the devices ofsaid patent, there were overlying parts which increased the thicknessand also caused an uneven yielding of the elastic members, which it isthe object of the devices of my present invention to overcome.

In carrying out my invention, I employ elastic edge inserts in a part ofthe back preferably in the lower part and lower back corners of thecorset at the lacing edges, and which contain a portion of the lacingeyelets. These elastic edge inserts preferably occupy a verticalposition lengthwise in line with the lacing edges, and lie in the sameplane with the fabric of the body and skirts of the corset and theelasticity or stretch is advantageously at right angles to the length ofthe elastic member, and in line circumferentially with the skirts of thecorset. These elastic edge inserts may be of any width desired or may beformed of two strips connected edgewise. These elastic edge inserts areeach preferably formed with inelastic lengthwise margins and an elasticcenter, and one of said inelastic margins is advantageously wider thanthe other and receives a portion of the eyelets of the lacing edge; theskirt or fabric of the corset being con nected to the other edge andalso to the upper end, all of which is hereinafter more particularly setforth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation at the lower central portionand at the back of the corset showing the lower corners and alsoportions of the lacing edges. Fig. 2 is an elevation in similar positionshowing a form of my invention as applied to one half of the fabriccorset, the other portion being shown in dotted lines only.

Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in allthe figures.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, a and 6 represent portions of thehalves of the apparel corset. a and b the skirt portions of the same. 0and d are the lacing edges. 2 represents the laces and 3 the eyelets. eand f represent the elastic edge inserts which come at the-lower backcorners of the corset, and preferably occupy vertical positions whichare lengthwise in line with the lacing edges. These elastic edge insertseach have an elastic center and inelastic edges or sewing sections 4, 5,which inelastic edges or sewing sections run lengthwise of the elasticfabric while the stretch of the elastic edge inserts e, f, is at rightangles to the length of the inserts, or in other words, in a linecircumferential with the skirts of the corset. These elastic edgeinserts are each secured along an edge 6 by one or more lines of sewingto the skirts a b of the corset, and they are also secured along an endline 7 by one or more rows of stitches to the halves of the apparelcorset at about the lower ends of the stays or bones 10. I prefer tomake these elastic edge inserts with one inelastic edge or sewingsection 5 wider than the other and of approximately the width of thelacin edge a, 03, so that the eyelets 3 may be placed in these inelasticedges or sewing sections with the same facility, and for the performanceof the same function, that they are placed in the halves of the apparelcorset a, b, or skirts at the lacing edges 0, d. In fact these inelasticedges or sewing sections 5 are substantial prolongations of the lacingedges 0, cl, and are so lettered in the drawing.

I have shown and may prefer to continue theobone pockets of the lacingedges 0, d, downward beyond the halves a, b, of the apparel corset, andconnect the same to the inelastic edges. or sewing sections 5 of theelastic edge inserts, and to employ therein bones or stays 8 and 9 inpairs, one at each side of the eyelets 3, but I do not limit myinvention to extending these bones or stays over, or in other words,superposed upon the elastic edge inserts, nor to the extent to whichthey may be so superposed nor to the location of the usual stays 10 ortheir. relation to the other parts. These elastic edge inserts occupythe same common plane as the halves of the apparel corset and theskirts, consequently there are no parts, one of which overlies another,to increase the thickness or to limit elasticity. Consequently, in thedevice of my invention, the

stretch or tension of the elastic partsor centers of the elastic edgeinserts extends over the full length of the elastic edge inserts andthis elongation is substantially the same that these portions of thecorset accommodateinequality of the body, and furthermore, in the lineof stretch or elongation there may be more or less yielding or stretchto provide for inequalities and .accommodate any tension that may be-produced either at the front of the corset or by the adjacent laces atthe back.

Referring particularly to Fig. 2, I have shown therein, as a form of myinvention, the possibility of employingtwoelastic edge insertsin lieuofonly one, and in this figure, I have lettered the two elastic edgeinserts as f, F. No different function is performed by this modifiedform of my invention than by the form shown in Fig. 1. The function isonly augmented. The structure is substantially the same except for theemployment of two inserts instead of one, and the two are connectedtogether at a line of sewing 11, and at the distant edge of the insert fby a similar line of sewing t6, and at the top by a similar line ofsewing 7, of greater length, other things being equal to Fig. l.

The elastic edge inserts of my invention may be of any length desiredand of any width desired, and the elastic centers may also be of anywidth desired, hence I do not limitmy invention in any of theseparticulars.

I have omitted, and prefer to omit, the bindingat .the lower edge of thecorset skirts for the width of the elastic edge inserts,

and not to continue said binding over the same because this limits theelasticity.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination in an apparel corset with the fabric body halves, ofrectangular elastic edge inserts in the lower part of the back, saidinserts each connected along one side and oneend to the corset, and theopposite side prolonging a lacing edge and having therein lacingeyelets.

2. The combination in an apparel corset with the fabric body halves, ofrectangular ela-sticedge inserts at a part of the ack, said insertsbeing formed with marginal inelastic sewing sections and intermediateelastic sections, and. connected along one inelastic section andaorossethe elastic and in elastic sections at one end to the corset withthe opposite inelastic section prolonging a lacing edge and havinglacing eyelets therein.

3. The combination in an apparel corset with the fabric body halves andthe skirts thereof, of rectangular edge inserts in the lower part of theback and in the same plane with the body halves and skirts of thecorset, said inserts being formed with marginal inelastic sewingsections and intermediate elastic sections and connected along oneinelastic section and across the inelastic and elastic sections at oneend to the fabric body halves and skirtsof the corset, and at theopposite inelastic section prolonging a lacing edge of the corset andhaving lacing eyelets therein.

Signed by me this Stlrday of July, 1912. DANIEL KOPS. Vitnesses BERTHAALLEN, MARIE D. WoHLUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

